When did the series ever die? Investigations was one of the best games in the series, probably the best (but not my favorite).
Lol are you serious? I got so pissed off at that game; the ruining of Edgeworth's character, the constant use of characters from old games that I don't care about (Oldbag, Larry) and the whole last case dragged on forever with political bullshit I didn't care about at all. Not to mention how everything felt so forced, "admit to the crime even though you don't have to and you're not even in court.." (This is the bytesized version I could honestly write a 1000 word essay on how much I hated Investigations. I
love Detective Badd though, I bet he's the only secondary character they don't bring back and reuse in every subsequent game.)
As far as this game goes, I started playing Professor Layton the day it was announced, it was pretty good but it's just like Brain Training or something with a stick thin story attached. Like, the puzzles were really, really fun, but by the end of it I was puzzled out and nothing made me want to play the second or third game, never mind watch an anime or jump on board any other lame bandwagon for grandmas with a ds.
I want Ace Attorney 5 more than this, but it definitely justifies getting a 3DS. No idea how they'll combine the gameplay, though.